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George Szasz, CM, MD

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Book cover of The Reservoir
News / June 2016

By Douglas Hassan, MD. New York, NY: Page Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-68139-655-2. Paperback. Dr Hassan was in several of my classes while working toward his medical degree at UBC in 1987, and then went on to... Read More

Dr James Barry, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dr Caitlin Dunne’s editorial in the May 2025 issue of the BCMJ about Dr Emily Stowe, the first woman in Canada to openly establish a medical practice, brought to mind Dr James Barry. Why think of Dr Barry, a British... Read More

Hearing test
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I dedicate the following narrative medicine history to International Hearing Day on 3 March 2025. In the mid-1930s, when I was 7 or 8 years old and living in my native Hungary, each time I had a bad cold I ended up... Read More

Sunscreen
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The skin is our body’s largest organ. Some of its many roles include protecting against pathogens, storing water and lipids, and controlling water loss by preventing water from escaping by evaporation. The skin has... Read More

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